Media Release, 23rd March 2014 INAR has welcomed the decisive action taken by Sinn Féin arising from anti-Traveller comments made by Cathal O Reilly. While Mr O Reilly himself stated in his resignation letter that he no longer holds the view posted to his Facebook...

  Media release 20 March 2014 To mark European Week Against Racism, Irish political parties stood united today in their renewed commitment to racism-free election campaigns. As the Dáil chamber lay empty during the spring recess, representatives from every...

Media Notice, 14th March 2014 What? The Anti-Racism Election Protocol has played an important role since 2001 in ensuring that elections have been conducted in such a way that they do not incite hatred or prejudice on the grounds of ‘race’, colour, nationality or...

Media Release, 11th March 2014 In the Second Quarterly Report of iReport.ie, published today by INAR, 23% of incidents originating in Ireland involved social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and various internet forums. “Manifestations of hate speech and...

Reports of Racism in Ireland Reports of Racism in Ireland October - December 2013 Authored by Shane O’Curry (INAR) and Dr Lucy Michael  The iReport racist incident reporting system in Ireland was launched in July 2013 by INAR. Reports can be made directly through the...

Source: Irish Times, 22 Jan 2014 Ombudsman Decision in Full Opinion: Now we have been upgraded economically, we might think of how we rate globally in terms of tolerance Twelve Years a Slave is a striking film in many respects. It is striking in its dramatic pace and...